Acceptable Items

Household Hazardous Waste

Examples of items we accept

  • medicines, vitamins and supplements
  • sharps (syringes, needles and lancets)
  • common household batteries (single use or rechargeable)
    • button cells, AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, lantern batteries, sealed lead acid batteries and replacement batteries for products
  • products containing batteries that cannot be removed (rechargeable toothbrush, flashlight)
  • vehicle batteries
  • butane lighters and cylinders
  • kerosene, gasoline and fuels
  • vehicle fluids (motor oil, windshield washer, antifreeze, transmission and brake fluid)
  • glues and cements
  • paint materials (paints, thinners, turpentine, paint strippers, stains and preservatives)
  • hair colouring and treatment products
  • nail polish and remover
  • acetone
  • rust removers
  • ammonia
  • aerosol cans with product left in them (bug sprays, air fresheners, hairspray, paint, etc.)
  • toiletries (shampoos, soaps, creams, lotions)
  • rubbing alcohol
  • drain openers and plumbing products
  • lye
  • oven cleaners
  • any type of household cleaning products (laundry, fabric softeners, bleach, sprays, creams, disinfectants and more)
  • polishes and strippers
  • fire extinguishers
  • fertilizers, weed and bug killers
  • propane tanks and cylinders
  • pool and spa chemicals
  • fluorescent tubes
  • thermometers

The Household Hazardous Waste Depot and the Toxic Taxi will accept the residential items above. If you don’t see your items in the list, please check our Waste Wise tool to find out how to dispose of your waste.

To reduce the need to dispose of household hazardous waste, check out some alternative cleaning products (PDF, 323 KB) you can make yourself.

Check out the Regeneration program for more locations to drop off paint.

Items we do not accept

  • We do not accept non-residential, pathological, PCB, explosive, radioactive, unknown waste or waste generated from outside the boundaries of the City of Greater Sudbury.